Bug#42850: nscd: resolving names is broken

[Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@hursley.ibm.com>]

Package: nscd
Version: 2.1.2-0pre7

~$ ping popserver
ping: unknown host popserver
~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd stop
Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
~$ ping popserver
PING sp3at21.hursley.ibm.com (9.20.45.21): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 9.20.45.21: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=3.5 ms

--- sp3at21.hursley.ibm.com ping statistics ---
1 packets transmitted, 1 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.5/3.5/3.5 ms
~$ sudo /etc/init.d/nscd start
Starting Name Service Cache Daemon: nscd.
~$ ping popserver
ping: unknown host popserver
~$ ping 9.20.45.21 
PING 9.20.45.21 (9.20.45.21): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 9.20.45.21: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=1.8 ms

Wierd.

Adrian

Adrian Bridgett <bridgett@hursley.ibm.com>
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